Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 7th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2018)
North Carolina critics have deemed If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma as among the year’s best films, giving them each six nominations. The nominations list gives First Man more credit than usual and A Star Is Born five nominations, but not one for Best Picture. Nominations Tallies (6) If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma…
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Precursor: 22nd Online Critics Nominations (2018)
The Online Film Critics Society, of which I am a member and serve on the Governing Committee announced their nominees today for the best of the year. There are some interesting choices, but also some choices that have been very common throughout awards season. Award Tallies (8) The Favourite (7) Roma (6) If Beale Street…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 6
Netflix sent a huge package containing quite a few duplicates, but also some new titles. This is probably the last batch before the set I will get from the Independent Spirit Awards.
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2018)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 21-23, 2018
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Aquaman The DC Extended Universe has produced little in terms of Oscar, though it is the first of the two comic book universes to win an Oscar as it did with Suicide Squad for Best Makeup & Hairstyling. The question is…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). The week before Christmas is pretty sparse for critics prizes, rivaled only by the week between Christmas and…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 24 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 23 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 22 (2018)
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Precursor: 12th Women Journalists Nominations (2018)
The Alliance of Women Film Jouranlists have made their selection for the best of the year along with a treasure trove of unique categories highlighting women in cinema. The rest of the nominations are fairly standard with few exceptions to the current rules of the season. Award Tallies (11) The Favourite (8) Leave No Trace,…
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Precursor: 22nd Florida Critics Awards (2018)
Another win for The Favourite along with a host of unusual choices. Award Tallies (3) Favourite (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Eighth Grade, Shoplifters The Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 51, 2018)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 21 (2018)
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Oscar Profile #423: Ben Hecht
Born February 28, 1894 in New York City, Ben Hecht was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. At ten, he was considered a child prodigy on his way to becoming a violin virtuoso but at 12 he became an acrobat in the circus. The family moved to Racine, Wisconsin where Hecht attended high school. He…
